US EditionEducation Department pays over $7 million a month to employees forced to sit idle
- On June 9, about 1,300 Department of Education employees laid off in March were paid through their last day amid ongoing legal disputes.
- A federal court blocked White House plans last month to close the agency and reinstated these workers on administrative leave rather than ending employment.
- Employees remain technically employed but cannot work, with department leaders assessing how to reintegrate them while some were offered settlements to resign.
- The union AFGE Local 252 reports the department has paid more than $21 million in salaries over three months, spending over $7 million monthly on idle staff.
- This situation has generated criticism as costly and inefficient, with employees describing their status as 'administrative purgatory' and feeling guilt receiving pay without work.
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'Like a parasite': Cost-slashing backfires as workers paid $21M to do nothing
The U.S. Department of Education is paying millions to employees forced to go on leave by the Trump administration, according to a union analysis.The American Federation of Government Employees Local 252, which represents DOE workers, found the endangered agency was paying more than $7 million a mon...
Education Department pays over $7 million a month to employees forced to sit idle
The US Department of Education is paying more than $7 million a month to employees it has forced to go on leave, according to analysis from the American Federation of Government Employees Local 252, the union that represents department employees.
Education Department pays over $7 million a month to idled employees
The U.S. Department of Education is paying more than $7 million a month to employees it has forced to go on leave, according to analysis from the American Federation of Government Employees Local 252, the union that represents department employees.
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